May 10, 2012 – Bellingham Komo – Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn spoke to community members during a town hall at Capital Hill, saying having nine two-mile long trains filled to the brim travel through our communities is, “a really bad idea”. A total of 18 trains per day would travel through, as trains returned empty.

“From an economic prospective, getting traffic from the port to the freeway matters, giving movement around our industrial area matters, but this is a really bad idea from a health perspective and global warming perspective,” he continued.

“It is a dirty commodity, but it’s a commodity that’s legal to mine and ship,” said Mark Lowery of the Northwest Labor Council.

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